Associate, Private Infrastructure

TIAA

Associate on Nuveen’s Global Infrastructure team handling origination and portfolio management for private equity investments. Collaborating to structure commitments and conducting financial analysis for the existing portfolio.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeCharlotte • New York, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $121,000 - $148,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the origination of new investments as well as portfolio management and surveillance activities across the firm’s existing private equity investment portfolios
Assist in underwriting and oversight of direct equity and equity-like investments by working with senior deal team members to execute on due diligence including financial modeling, asset-level due diligence, underwriting and drafting of investment committee materials
Drive portfolio management process by responding to external and internal business partner inquiries, preparing board materials and presentations
Help screen, underwrite and structure limited partnership commitments with external infrastructure fund managers
Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis on existing infrastructure portfolio
Help in researching and analyzing both macro and portfolio trends, regulatory policy, and legal frameworks to drive investment goals and portfolio construction.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of institutional investment and/or private equity infrastructure/project finance and valuation experience
Strong financial modeling experience in MS Excel and similar software packages
Prior investment experience with infrastructure or energy assets
Preferred: Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree and/or CFA
3 + years of institutional investment and/or private equity infrastructure/project finance and valuation experience.
Broad industry experience in power, transportation, renewable energy, etc.
Knowledge and ongoing interest in, current trends, success factors, participants and industry terms in infrastructure and energy investment markets
Familiarity with project documents, service agreements, joint venture agreements, limited partnership agreements, financing agreements, etc.
Demonstrated experience developing and using financial statement analysis and financial modeling
Strong knowledge of accounting and finance
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Willingness to work hard in a team-oriented, performance-based environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Superior retirement program
Highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings

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Hard Skills & Tools

Financial ModelingValuationQuantitative AnalysisQualitative AnalysisFinancial Statement AnalysisUnderwritingDue DiligenceInvestment Committee MaterialsAccountingRegulatory Policy Analysis

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsTeam-OrientedPerformance-Based Work Ethic

Certifications

Bachelor’s DegreeMaster’s DegreeCFA